Growing Switchgrass As A Biofuel
The University of Tennessee (UT) has published a how-to guide on growing switchgrass for ethanol fuel in an effort to educate growers and consumers...
Drought-Stressed Corn Chopped As Silage Still Has Energy
Corn that didn’t get the moisture to develop ears can be chopped for silage and lose only 10-25% of its energy, says Joe Lauer, extension corn agronomist...
Forage Superbowl Deadline Is Sept. 6
Entries in the 2007 World's Forage Analysis Superbowl are due at AgSource Soil and Forage Laboratory, Bonduel, WI, by Sept. 6. ...
Early Silage Corn Harvest Likely In Wisconsin, Minnesota
Silage corn harvest may be two weeks early this year in much of Wisconsin and possibly Minnesota, says Joe Lauer, University of Wisconsin extension corn agronomist...
Judge Amends Roundup Ready Alfalfa Ruling
Roundup Ready alfalfa hay doesn't have to be stored in containers, and must be labeled only if it leaves the farm where it was grown. Equipment must be cleaned...
Beware Of Hoary Alyssum In Horse Hay
Georgia horse owners are urged to check alfalfa hay for a toxic weed and to consult with their veterinarians if their animals get sick. Tommy Irvin, the state’s ag commissioner, says the weed has been found in some alfalfa from the Upper Midwest...
Summer Brings Hay Bale Toss Events
Opportunities to throw hay bales and raise funds for the Southeastern Minnesota Forage Council will be available at three southern Minnesota events this summer...
AFGC Names Officers, Award Winners
Gary Pederson, a USDA-ARS researcher at Griffin, GA, was elected president of the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) during its recent annual conference ...
Virginia Grower Tops National Hay Show
Joe Carbaugh, Stephens City, VA, was a big winner in the National Hay Show held in conjunction with the American Forage and Grassland Council’s annual conference in State College, PA...
2008 National Alfalfa Symposium
Hay & Forage Grower® today announced an agreement with the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (N.A.M.A.) to hold the 2008 National Alfalfa Symposium in conjunction with the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo in Kearney, Neb...
Alfalfa Has Much To Offer
Don’t give up on alfalfa because it suffered winterkill. Alfalfa has too much to offer, say Paul Peterson and Dan Undersander, extension forage specialists...
Endophytes Hold Key To Improved Forages
A new tall-fescue variety containing a beneficial or friendly endophyte should be released in 2009 by the Noble Foundation, says Joe Bouton of its Forage Improvement Division in Ardmore, CA...
Unlocking Bioenergy In Switchgrass
Using genetic "snapshots" of switchgrass, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and collaborating scientists are gaining new insight into how this warm-season perennial plant could...
Book On Raising Meat Goats Available
With increasing demand for goat meat comes a book telling the basics of selecting a breed and buying goats to discussing how to handle, house and keep them healthy...
Roundup Ready Alfalfa Injunction Stands
U.S. District Court has upheld its decision that USDA did not adequately follow procedural requirements by the National Environmental Policy Act before deregulating Roundup Ready alfalfa...
Managing Freeze-Damaged Alfalfa
Hard freezes in early April damaged alfalfa in Kansas, says Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University extension agronomist...
Handbook Of Forage And Rangeland Insects Available
Beneficial and injurious insects can be identified and managed with the help of the newly published, Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects...
Alfalfa Watch: Will April’s Chill Spell “Winter” Kill?
Those balmy temperatures in late March sure felt good, but they may have gotten our alfalfa into trouble. Fortunately, however, while the weather progression from a warm, dormancy-breaking late March to a bone-chilling early April has provided...
Return Roundup Ready Alfalfa Seed
Alfalfa growers who bought Roundup Ready seed but can’t plant it need to contact their seed dealers about replacing it with conventional varieties or getting refunds...
Injunction Jolts Roundup Ready Alfalfa
A federal judge last week imposed a preliminary injunction against the sale and planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa, effectively removing the transgenic crop ...
Ruling May Impact Hay, Seed Supply
If Roundup Ready alfalfa is held off the market for an extended period, the already tight supply of conventional alfalfa seed likely will get tighter, say seed company officials...
Land Re-Enrolls In CRP Contracts
An estimated 23.2 million acres are expected to be re-enrolled into Conservation Reserve Program contracts out of 27.8 million acres eligible for retirement between 2007 and 2010, according to...
USDA Predicts 4% Increase in Harvested Hay Acres
Hay growers expect to harvest 63.1 million acres of all hay in 2007, up 4% from that harvested last year, according to the 2007 planting intentions report...
Four Steps For Drought-Stressed Pastures
Courtesy of Dow AgroSciences
After drought parched much of cattle country last summer, fall and winter rains have helped some areas. But drought effects can last well into succeeding years, even wet ones...
Judge Says USDA Erred On Roundup Ready Alfalfa
USDA should have prepared a full environmental impact study before approving Roundup Ready alfalfa for release, according to a U.S. District Court ruling. Three days later...
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